Science

Hundreds of snakes are removed from backyards, homes and other urban areas and released into reserves and bushland each year, yet little has been known about what happens to them afterwards. Since 2021, the Canberra Snake Tracking Project, led by Australian National University researcher Gavin Smith, has tracked relocated snakes and resident ones. According to…

The woman’s remains were discovered in Isturitz Cave in southwestern France Scientists studying ancient human remains from a cave in southwestern France have found evidence that people living in eastern and western Europe were genetically connected more than 30,000 years ago.DNA recovered from a woman who lived during the Gravettian period showed that although most…

PC: Diversity in the squid family Ancistrocheiridae and description of a new family of the order Oegopsida (Cephalopoda) A single squid recovered from the stomach of a sperm whale has led scientists to propose an entirely new family of oceanic squids. Malcolm Clarke collected the specimen from a male sperm whale hunted in 1955–56 and…

An Australian couple who once managed a vineyard in South Australia’s Riverland region have taken an unusual route after leaving the wine industry: restoring their land to its natural state. Their decision has helped create a potential refuge for the threatened regent parrot, a native Australian bird whose population has suffered from habitat loss. As…

Scientists monitoring the waters off California have recorded an unprecedented rise in ocean temperatures beneath Monterey Bay, with readings reaching 64.72 degrees Fahrenheit (18.18 degrees Celsius) at a depth of approximately 200 feet on October 26, 2026. The measurement surpassed the previous record set during the powerful 1997 El Niño event, marking the highest temperature…

(Image credit: Sally Connolly/ Bronx Times) Volunteer efforts and years of research aimed at restoring the oyster population in the waters of Eastchester Bay have, after seven years, come to fruition. On October 9, 2026, volunteers with City Island Oyster Reef carried six concrete reef balls into the bay, near Delmour’s Point, marking the organisation’s…

BENGALURU: Researchers from IISc have developed a low-cost, 3D-printed device that could help scientists understand why cancer drugs are less effective in deeper regions of solid tumours.The device recreates the nutrient- and oxygen-deprived conditions found inside tumours and allows researchers to examine how cancer cells respond to drugs at different depths.The platform, developed by researchers…

A question that has recently been central to much scientific research across wildlife conservations is: can artificial reef structures eventually help support natural reef recovery? With the rising decline of healthy coral reef structures, entire marine ecosystems are put at risk. Therefore, off the coast of Grenada, a Caribbean island, a conservation project has been…

(Image credit: atlanticfishhabitat.org) Oyster reefs play a crucial role in supporting underwater ecosystems, providing shelter to marine species while also maintaining the quality of the surrounding water. In New Hampshire’s Great Bay, efforts to restore these reefs have been announced in recognition of their importance. On October 29, 2026, the New Hampshire Fish and Game…

Solar farms could offer more than clean energy. A three-year study by Cornell University researchers in New York has found that allowing sheep to graze beneath solar panels may also benefit insects, including bees and lady beetles, when the animals are kept at the right density. The findings, published in Environmental Research Letters on October…

Findings showed that the chemical composition closely matched Superman’s fictional Kryptonite (Photo: Scene from Superman Returns, IMDB) A mineral found in Serbia has an unusual connection to Superman’s fictional Kryptonite. Known as Jadarite, the white mineral has almost the same chemical composition as the substance that weakens the superhero in comics and films. First discovered…

Astronomers have traced the origins of an unusual cosmic formation resembling a musical treble clef to an ancient black hole eruption and a subsequent collision between two galaxy clusters. According to NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and a study published in Astronomy & Astrophysics, the discovery offers fresh insight into how violent events can reshape enormous…